Monday, October 20, 2014

EngagedPhilosophy.com: Using Civic Engagement in Philosophy Classes

EngagedPhilosophy.com,
launched with a grant from the American Philosophical Association,
provides tools for faculty and students to implement activist or service
projects in philosophy classes.

It includes assignment guidelines, many
sample projects, student testimonials, and data supporting use of civic
engagement in philosophy classes.

Founders Ramona
Ilea, Susan Hawthorne, and Monica Janzen, of Pacific University Oregon,
St. Catherine University, and Hennepin Technical College, respectively,
support a model of student-initiated civic engagement that encourages
student agency, development of skills for citizenship, and insight into
the practice and importance of philosophical reasoning.

Why try it in
your classes? In the words of one student,

“This
[project] enabled me to become impassioned in a new way, and express my
realizations, insights, in a different way than an academic exercise
usually allows…This forum forced me to make connections I may not have
necessarily made. And I am very pleased with the outcome.”

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